Is there a place for 4GLs anymore?

[Edis, Robert]

Dear colleagues, two questions if I may?

1. Is there a place for 4GLs in the IT industry anymore?  At least for
independent products (i.e. excludes Oracle Developer).  A good definition of
what a 4GL is might help.

2. What are the products that compete in the 4GL market space with
PowerHouse/Axiant?

In regards to the latter I know of:

Oracle Developer
Forte (has does this one compare to PH?)
Speedware
Progress

but I believe there are quite a few others.

Regards,

Blue